George R. R. Martin, winner of the award for outstanding drama series for "Game of Thrones," poses in the press room at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, at the Microsoft Theater... (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

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Bad news, Game of Thrones fans: Rumors of a movie started flying after the UK's Daily Star claimed that series creator George RR Martin, speaking at HBO's Emmys afterparty, revealed that his world would be coming to the big screen. "There will be a movie but I will not be involved," he supposedly said, while a "production insider" added that the film would likely go "back in time." But yesterday on his blog, Martin responded to a commenter asking about the quotes: "Completely false. No one is working on any movie just now. And if there was a movie, it would not be about Robert's Rebellion."

Screw the movie and series. Finish the sixth and seventh books. It seems to me that Martin has lost interest in them. It would be classic if he drops dead, HBO finishes the series with their own writers, and the books are forgotten about.